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A tty (teletypewriter) is a Unix command that prints to standard output the name of the terminal connected to standard input. It is typically called a terminal. the first local terminal is referred to as tty1 and resides in /dev/tty1

When I try to switch from the X session, it takes very long. Once in tty1-6, going to tty1-7 is instant. Returning from tty7 to tty that is being used, e.g. tty1 sometimes freezes completely, leaving ...

I want to setup virtual serial port emulator in Linux. I want the ports to be permanent, so that I can use them every time I restart. I tried using socat for that purpose as in this way,
socat -d -d ...

The default configuration for vim seems to be different for tty7. When I open a terminal in the default gui on tty7 and start vim I can hold shift and press the left or right arrows to move the cursor ...

I seem to be running into a very strange issue that I cannot pin down or find the answer to, mainly because I can seem to describe the issue properly to search.
Here are the symptoms.
At some point ...

I tried to download the iso file for Ubuntu 14.04 desktop. But when I tried to install I got invalid parameter error. So a friend loaned me his Ubuntu 8.0 disk and I got the following error on that:
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My laptop resolution is 1280x800 pixels. When I use switch to tty pressing ctrl+alt+F2..F5 the resolution comes down to 640x480 (or definitely something much lower than my laptop's native resolution.
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Usually I'm asking myself this question when it's too late already and my XServer or xfce hung itself and I have to rely on tty1-tty6 to actually do something.
Is there any way to access my Tasks at ...

I had a problem with my root account on Ubuntu 14.04. when I login by using root account, I received this error:
Error found when loading /root/.profile: stdin: is not a tty
As a result the session ...

When ever I press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get into the TTY it fades out. For about 2 seconds you see the text all normal then it starts fading out and black screen appears.
I can hit Ctrl+Alt+F7 to start the ...

its been 2 days that I am trying to get out of the tty infterface on ubuntu server14.04 with vmware workstation 9.
I used the sudo apt-get update and udpate ubuntu desktop all successfull but i still ...

I have a simple problem, but the solution is rather difficult to find.
I would like to use the same TTY font in Ubuntu in my GUI environment.
I don't know the name of this font, and I don't know how ...

I just installed ubuntu minimal and fluxbox. I have installed no login manager, so after the system boots, I login in the tty1 and use the startx command to run.
After that, if I open Firefox and go ...

After I ran regular upgrades on my laptop, I rebooted and it booted right up to tty1. I can type startx to get it to tty7, but unity doesn't show up, so I hit Ctrl+Alt+T to get a terminal and type in ...

I was trying to upgrade my 12.04 LTS to 14.04 LTS. While upgrading, the system suddenly showed a screen saying you system is running in low graphic mode.
Now to solve this I wanted to go through the ...

I want to know that how can I launch GUI apps from tty (Ctrl+Alt+F1-F6) into GUI mode (Ctrl+Alt+F7)
Sometimes, users having problem with GUI mode like: can login to GUI but Launcher is not working or ...

I am wanting to know how I can display the TTY a terminal is currently using in the window name of the Terminal. I don't see any options in Terminal Preferences to display such thing on the Terminal ...

I've installed a minimal gnome desktop on my ubuntu 14.04 server. How do I switch to it? Right now i'm on the tty. I tried Alt+f7 but it just takes me to a screen with a red cursor flashing in the top ...

On the terminal emulator, how do I get the Matrix theme colors (Lime-Green text over black background)?
I like the purple a lot, it matches my laptop. But for the terminal, I want green font. How is ...

I was trying to stop xserver and install accelerated nvidia driver for cuda programming but for some reason when I type ctrl+alt+F1 (or F2-F6) I get "no signal" on my screen and no prompt after that. ...

I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro S500. All my USB ports are in use (including the eSATA/USB combo port), with a keyboard, mouse, Logitech G430 Headset, and Lexar USB
When in tty#/Ctrl+Alt+F# terminal, ...

While reading about Linux, I got a $ who -a, so before trying that I logged into three of my text terminals (tty1,tty2,tty3) respectively,, and then I came back to X-window (Ctrl + Alt +f7),,
then I ...

Is it possible to run a script in another opened terminal? In that case I would need to know all opened ttys.
Another case would be, if I'm using SSH to login into a remote host. I would like to run ...

I can get to a TTY in Ubuntu by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1. Once I'm at a shell in this TTY, how can I find out what is the resolution of this TTY?
Note that the GRUB_GFXMODE in my /etc/default/grub file ...